Jackie O is anxiously awaiting the arrival of her brother, who's coming home for Thanksgiving, but isn't expecting him to bring a friend. She's even more shocked to learn that this friend is his fiance. It soon becomes clear that the obsession she has with Jackie Kennedy is nothing compared to her obsession with her brother. And it also becomes clear she isn't the only member of the family with problems.


Directed by: Mark S. Waters
Written by: Wendy MacLeod (play), Mark S. Waters (adapted for screen)
Starring: Parker Posey, Josh Hamilton, Tori Spelling, Freddie Prinze Jr., Genevieve Bujold, Rachael Leigh Cook, David Love
Parker's Character: Jackie O
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Release Date: October 10, 1997
Distributor: Miramax
Box Office Total: $626,057 (US)
Opening Weekend: $63,266 (4 theatres)
Widest Release: 54 theatres
Festivals: Toronto, Sundance


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Jackie: You be him, I'll be her.

Jackie: Were you poor? Did you eat chicken pot pie?

Jackie: I watch soap operas. I bake brownies. Normalcy is coursing through my veins.

Mrs. Pascal: What's that gun doing there?
Jackie: It's not a gun. It's a camera.
Mrs. Pascal: It's a gun.
Jackie: It's a camera that looks like a gun.
Mrs. Pascal: What's it doing there?
Jackie: Being gunlike, gunesque, gunonic.
Mrs. Pascal: Where did it come from?
Jackie: God?

Jackie: Goo is what tape is all about. Goo is what makes it tape instead of paper.

Jackie: They've switched me - I used to be green, now I'm brown. I wanted a pill to match my eyes. Color me beautiful!

Jackie: Pennsylvania's just this state that's in your way when you want to get somewhere else.

Mrs. Pascal: Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to baste the turkey and hide the kitchen knives.

Marty: Are you being wise?
Jackie: One day I woke up wise.
Marty: One day I woke up stupid.
Jackie: What'd you do?
Marty: I went back to bed.
Jackie: That was wise.


1997 Sundance Film Festival/Special Recognition (Posey)


You can hear some beautiful clips from Rolfe Kent's score at his website. I've heard of a soundtrack being released but have never actually seen one. I would imagine such a thing would be pretty rare if it does exist.